Queensland man drove 1300km after grooming boy

A Queensland man who undertook an interstate drive of more than 1000 kilometres to collect a 15-year-old from his NSW home has been charged with indecently assaulting and grooming the boy.

Police allege the 62-year-old man had been in regular internet contact with the teenager over the past few week before the boy agreed to leave home and stay with the man.

Police said the man subsequently drove 1300km in 16 hours on Friday to pick the boy up from his southern NSW home.

Police say the boy had a change of heart on saturday morning and decided to run away from the man when he stopped in Coonabarabran, in northern NSW.

They say the man was arrested later in Narrabri and charged with grooming a child for sexual activity, using a carriage service to groom a child under 16 years for sexual activity, and four counts of committing an act of indecency with a child under 16.